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Amorphophallus (from Ancient Greek amorphos, "without form, misshapen" + phallos, "penis", referring to the shape of the prominent spadix) is a large genus of some 200 tropical and subtropical tuberous herbaceous plants from the Arum family (), native to Asia, Africa, Australia and various oceanic islands.
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, the elephant foot yam [4] or whitespot giant arum, [5] [6] is a tropical plant native to Island Southeast Asia. It is cultivated for its edible tubers in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Madagascar, New Guinea, and the Pacific islands.
The titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) is a flowering plant in the family Araceae. It has a large unbranched inflorescence ; a tall single leaf, branched like a tree; and a heavy tuber which enables the plant to produce the inflorescence.
An Amorphophallus titanum, also known as a corpse flower, began blooming Tuesday afternoon at the California Academy of Sciences, a research institution and museum. The plant blooms for one to ...
The largest unbranched inflorescence in the world is that of the arum Amorphophallus titanum (titan arum). [ 20 ] The Araceae includes many ornamental genera of global economic importance: Aglaonema , Alocasia , Anthurium , Caladium , Dieffenbachia , Epipremnum , Homalomena , Monstera , Nephthytis , Rhaphidophora , Scindapsus , Spathiphyllum ...
It is the nearest relative of Amorphophallus titanum. The spathe is about three feet (one meter) in height and green in color. The spadix is about five feet high and lavender. The stalk or pedicel is longer than that of A. titanum, sometimes up to ten feet (three meters) in length.
Amorphophallus commutatus, or dragon stalk yam (Marathi- shevale, mogari kanda; Hindi- jungli suran), [1] is a plant species in the family Araceae. Amorphophallus is a large genus of some 170 tropical and subtropical tuberous herbaceous plants, which includes the world's largest flower, titan arum .
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